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SIGSEGV 72 points 3 years ago

Wow, what a cunt.

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Saik0Shinigami 24 points 3 years ago

However, when it comes to maintaining availability and ensuring the longevity of shared files, BitTorrent falls short.

And

Why I Would Never Seed a Torrent

I wonder if there's a correlation!

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InternetPirate -16 points 3 years ago

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Saik0Shinigami 13 points 3 years ago

You can't complain about a supposed problem... When you yourself are actively making a it a problem... "Sherlock"

Edit: This is akin to punching yourself and wondering why you have a black eye.

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InternetPirate -7 points 3 years ago

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Saik0Shinigami 6 points 3 years ago

I'm sorry, but that's factually not what you stated. And even then... it's irrelevant.

DHT and PEX exist. You don't need a central torrent tracker to use the torrent protocol. Much in the same way that ed2k+kad works.

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webghost0101 20 points 3 years ago

So who maintains these alternatives? A centralized server?

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narc0tic_bird 16 points 3 years ago

Private trackers usually have very healthy torrents :)

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br0da 14 points 3 years ago

I’m assuming you’ve never been a member of a private tracker then? They would boot you off in a heartbeat. And after this post, no one is going to want to send you an invite.

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InternetPirate 12 points 3 years ago

I seed 160 TB, but not over BitTorrent. I certainly don't need access to private trackers to find what I want, and I have even less interest in contributing to them since I think they are elitist. Information shouldn't be hidden behind an invitation. That's no better than a subscription or paywall in my book.

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mike901 11 points 3 years ago

I agree information shouldn't be behind an invitation, but it does solve 3 important things:

  • Keeps the law out of your hair
  • Seed requirements ensure torrents stay alive
  • Incentivizes strict quality control and uploading new content

I can't tell you the number of times I've downloaded something from a public source and it's been crap quality, or isn't even the thing I wanted to download. Sometimes the file is fine but it takes 3 weeks to download because it has one seeder with a 10kbps upload rate. That's a big "if" on if I can find it at all if it's something more obscure.

Until someone solves those 3 issues in another way, I don't see a better solution.

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supervent 3 points 3 years ago

out of curiosity, which network do you use to seed?

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InternetPirate 0 points 3 years ago

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jo1gi 12 points 3 years ago

You can just use hardlinks

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TornadoValley 7 points 3 years ago

What’s the best current eMule client? Can cosign dc++ and Soulseek/nicotine those are my main sources these days rarely torrent

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supervent 3 points 3 years ago

I use mldonkey 3.1.7 for ed2k/kad and bittorrent, in the past I have used dc++ for a short time, but I prefer the idea of ed2k/kad.

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xoggy 7 points 3 years ago

While I find it annoying that I can't rename files and think that could have easily been avoided in the original bittorrent design, it's not too inconvenient to just copy the files and leave the originals in a "seed" folder.

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EveryoneLovesSausage 6 points 3 years ago

You can rename through the client but it would be nice if the clients could also use a hash, then when it detects a file is missing it could just scan the dir for a matching file automatically.

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master 1 point 3 years ago

BitTorrent v1 does not hash the files, it hashes chunks (pieces), and they can span multiple files

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InternetPirate 4 points 3 years ago

I seed 160 TB. What you are suggesting is only feasible if you share a small number of files.

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florge 1 point 3 years ago

Don't the *arrs handle this quite well?

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kaktus 2 points 3 years ago

I find that title a but over dramatic. If you download a torrent then for the love of the community seed back. If you get your stuff elsewhere, then... well don't.

I think what you actually mean is Why I would never download a torrent. which is totally fine and your decision to make.

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Nomecks -5 points 3 years ago

You know that Bittorrent was invented to replace these, right?

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TornadoValley 1 point 3 years ago

Soulseek eMule and I think dc++ are younger than the BitTorrent protocol although not by much

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